General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Cannaregio, Venezia-Murano-Burano, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy Mestre, Mestre-Carpenedo, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy |
|---|---|
| Next to: |
Venice Railroad Bridge (1846)
|
| Coordinates: | 45° 27' 11.34" N 12° 17' 59.10" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 3 850 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Ponte della Libertà ("Liberty Bridge") is a road bridge connecting the historical centre (islands) of the city of Venice to the mainland part of Venice.
Designed in 1932 by engineer Eugenio Miozzi, it was opened by Benito Mussolini in 1933 as Ponte Littorio ("lictor's bridge") – a name used during the Fascist era for several other Italian bridges. At the end of World War II it was renamed Ponte della Libertà to honour the end of the Fascist dictatorship and of the Nazi occupation.
The bridge is the only vehicular access to the historical centre of the capital city of the Italian region of Veneto.
It is 3.85 km (2.39 mi) long and has two lanes each way, with no emergency lane. It is built alongside the Venice Railroad Bridge, which was constructed in 1846, with two tracks each way, and is still in use.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ponte della Libertà" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Eugenio Miozzi (engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2018): Il ponte della Libertà a Venezia. In: Strade e Autostrade, v. 22, n. 127 (January 2018), pp. 22-25.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20011772 - Published on:
13/04/2004 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
